Calligraphy in Running ScriptInk on paper, handscrollInscribed and signed Zhengming, with three seals of the artist and four seals of the collectorsDated Jiajing gengxu year (1550)Frontispiece titled by Peng Nian (1505-1566), dated Jiajing renzi year (1552)Colophon after the calligraphy inscribed by Peng NianFrontispiece 35.5cm x 111.5cm (14in x 43¾in).Calligraphy and Colophon 35.5cm x 806.5cm (14in x 317½in).

Footnotes

Provenance:Purchased at Butterfields, San Francisco, 20 May 1993, Lot 2948Currently in an American private collection

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